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Congress Working Group ''Regions with legislative powers'' meeting in Paris

Congress Working Group ''Regions with legislative powers'' meeting in Paris
[30/04/2009]

The Working Group ''Regions with legislative powers'' (GT/LEG), chaired by Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (Belgium, SOC), met in Paris on 6 May. The members discussed a draft resolution on ''regions’ legislative powers: towards a shared governance?'', presented by Rapporteur Bernd Petrisch (Austria, EPP-CD). The Group also held an initial exchange of views on the representation of regions in second chambers in Europe in preparation for a conference on the same theme to be held in 2010. The current economic and financial crisis and its effects on regions with legislative powers were also subject for debate.